. You can't help but be, and you want the best for him. But there have been too many instances like this.

"An isolated tweet from a 20-year-old in the middle of the night not a big deal, but this is not isolated. This is a continuation and I'm very troubled by it, and I can promise you that (coach) Kevin Sumlin is more troubled by it that I am."

Finebaum was asked to compare the Manziel's national attention right now to the attention former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton received during his national championship season.

"I think it's different from this standpoint," Finebaum explained, "I think what Johnny Manziel is doing is self-inflicted. The Cam Newton story was confusing. I think the final verdict - and I think Rod and I debated this as many others did - I think you can blame his father if you want to pick someone out. I always had a hard time blaming Cam Newton, per se. This is all on Johnny Manziel.